present

HARIDWAR

YESTERDAY, TODAY &

TOMORROW

“The Ganga, especially, is the river of India,

beloved of her people, round which are interwined

her memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of

triumph, her victories and her defeats. She has

been a symbol of India’s age long culture and

civilization, ever changing, ever flowing, and yet

ever the same Ganga.”



Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India

Unique Haridwar





 Nature‟s blessing

 Abode of God

 Religious faith

 Religious Tourism

 High per capita expenditure by The Government

 World largest gathering

 Can generate social reforms

The Mystic Past of Haridwar

• Haridwar is 300 KMS from Gangotri alongside 2500 KMS run of River GANGA.



• MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES-

 Legend of King Sagar

 Penance by Prince Bhagirath

 Absolution of Sin of 60000 Princes by Brahma by Heavenly Ganga

 Shiva controls turbulent Ganga on earth



• Refered in Mahabhart / Ramayana.



• Early Name Mayapuri / Gangadwar / Kapila.



• Around 4000 yrs. old city. Terracota culture dating 1700 B.C. found.



• Jain Tithankar Shri Adinath meditated in Mayapuri (1000 B.C.)



• Part of Kushan Empire around First Centuary A.D.



• Visit of Chinese Pilgrim Huien Tsang in 634 A.D. calls the city MO-YU- LO and

mentions of 3 miles city, and grand Temple of Mayadevi.

• Har-Ki-Pauri Ghat constructed by King Vikramaditya, patron of poet Kalidasa

(57 B.C. to 6 Century A.D.) on elder brother name Bhartihari who died in Haridwar.



• Brahmkund- Stretch of river beneath Har-ki-Pauri. King Shveta penanced here and

in Grant of boon asked that Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva be always present at the spot.



• 7th / 8th Centrury institution of Akhara, a monastery for militant naga

ascetics emerges.



• Taimur-I-Lang in 14th Century A.D. looted pilgrims, in Kumbh Mela on his

way back to Samarkand.



• In 15th Century city came to be known as Haridwar. Akbar had a mint records

Abul Fazal.



• Raja Mansingh of Amer renovated Har-ki-Pauri.



• Visit of Jehangir, first European Thomas Cory (1608) coinciding with Kumbh.



• Numerous paintings of Thomas and William Daniel during 1786 & 1794 are

first visual records of the city.



•Capt. Thomas Skinner & Lt. George Francis white visited Kumbh of 1830 and

write vivid account of Mela.

• Idea of canal proposed in 1836 approved in 1848 and Maj. P.T. Cautley was

tasked for the project. 45 M canal till Allahabad was inaugurated by Lord Dalhousie

on 08 Apr 1854 bifurcated into 3 streams of river.



• 1868, State Municipal Committee formed for development of Haridwar.



• Epidemics of Cholera and Plague had stuck city in 1793, 1892 & 1897. Sewage

lines were laid in1936.



• Railway link to Laksar in 1885.



• Railway link to Dehradun in 1891.



• Railway link to Rishikesh in 1926.



• Commissioning of BHEL in 1965.



• Formerly part of Roorkee Tehsil, was made Tehsil in 1984.



• District Head Quarter in 1988.



• Formation of Uttaranchal in 2000.

Haridwar Today

• Paradise for Nature lovers.



• Faith of Millions – The Journey of Life.



• Kumbh- World largest Congregation of Humans



• Paradox of Population



• Navratna PSU to its Credit



• Growing Industrial township of SIDCUL



• Pride of 5 Universities – Shantikunj, Sanskrit, Gurukul, IIT , Patanjali Yogapeeth



• Rajaji National Park



• Imperatives of Socio- economic changes. Growing religious tourism



• Ayurvedic medicine industry.

The Key Issues Of Haridwar



 Physical Growth and Environmental Aspects

 Water Supply - 50 % Shortfall

 Sewerage - Available to 25 % population

 Stromwater Drainage – Not Managed

 Solid Waste Management – A key problem

 Roads and Transport – Roads/ Parking / No sufficient means.

 Urban Poor – Average per Capita of Rs. 2999 per annum

 Institution and Governance – Not adequate in terms of quantity &

quality

 Municipal Finance of HNPP and Finance of Para-statals- The

delivery mechanism of public finance has more questions than

answer.

Reasons For Unplanned Growth Of Town





 Linear development as a result of mountains in the

north and river Ganga in south.

 Unauthorised housing construction on un-developed

land within the Municipal boundary.

 Lack of recreation facilities and open spaces.

 Mixed land use in core congested city areas.

 Heterogeneous traffic (including hand crafts) on main

roads, lack of proper parking areas, narrow roads,

unplanned traffic junctions etc. causing severe traffic

problems and danger to pedestrians.

Institutional Profile



 Haridwar Municipal Council

 Haridwar Development Authority

 Uttarakhand Pey Jal Nigam

 Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan

 Public Works Department

 Regional Transport Office

 Uttarakhand State Electricity Board

 Uttarakhand State Environment Protection and

Pollution Control Board

 Uttarakhand State Urban Development Agency

 Uttarakhand Transport Corporation

 Irrigation Department

Key Urban Social Issues





A. The Key Issues

 Drinking water supply in the slums is not adequate.

 Practice of open defecation exists in some slums.

 Absence of sewer in many areas.

 Solid waste is poorly managed in most of the

slums.

 Drains are mostly open and as a result often

blocked as solid waste is dumped in them.

 Community infrastructure is not sufficient.

B. The Specific Needs in the Slums

 Providing sufficient, timely and uniform supply of

potable water.

 Installing public stand post.

 Laying of new sewer connection or connecting

slum latrines to existing sewer line.

 Initiating solid waste management, especially

segregation at source.

 Construction of side drains.

 Paving approach roads.

 Maintenance of street lights.

 Organising residents in the participatory process.

 Utilisation of existing community centers as base offices of

community based complaint redress system.



 Establishing a community development cell in the NPP and

deploying an officer, who could be a link between the NPP and

the base offices.



 Launching awareness programme.



 Securing land tenure to the residents and providing low cost

housing. EWS housing schemes should be targeted at

registered slum dwellers. In-situ up gradation should be given

priority within such schemes.



 Convergence of various poverty alleviation programmes.



 Involvement of Community Based Organisations (CBOs) / Non-

Government Organisations (NGOs) in the whole process.

Road and Transport





 Elevated road for pedestrians.

 Traffic through water way

 Public transport system for Haridwar city.

 Dedicated Bus corridors, Bus bays and terminals.

Key Issues Relating To Heritage And Tourism

 Heritage structures on private properties.

 Religious sensitive Areas.

 Absence of long term strategy for heritage

conservation.

 Encroachments on Ghats and around temples

 Untapped Tourism Potential.

 Lack of initiatives for high end tourism.

 Lack of private sector investment.

 Lack of adequate sanitation facilities

 Lack of public interface to guide the tourists.

 Development of open spaces and islands for

tourisms.

Tomorrow (Vision 2030)





 Faith imbibes faith will provide solace to materialistic

generations to come.

 Pedestal of culture and tradition

 City Population – 3.5 Lakhs

Inbound Travel – 300 Lakhs

 Industrial Hub

 Platform of Social and Religious Reforms

 Life style changes - need to maintain sanctity

Haridwar Vision







The city of Haridwar aspires to be





“A City of Hope, Faith and Spirituality”

Vision Statement

Haridwar will develop into an international destination

of pilgrimage and tourism, in keeping with its rich

cultural heritage, pristine surroundings and strategic

location on the pilgrimage route and will emerge as a

fast growing urban centre led by economic

development.

Strategic Objectives

 Integrated development to provide facilities to citizens

and tourists.

 Develop Tourism in Haridwar in sectors of

Pilgrimage, eco Tourism and Adventure Tourism.

 Environmentally sustainable development to preserve

the surrounding natural resources.

Vision Statement

 Beautiful City

 Clean and Green City

 Pollution free

 Global City of Hope, Faith and Spirituality

 Vatican of Hindus

 Integrated Services for residents and floating

Population

 Adequate public transport and parking facilities

 Improvement of basic services in slums

 Land development and affordable housing for all

 Public recreational facilities

 Urban aesthetics

 Environmentally sustainable

 Good governance and departmental coordination

Haridwar City Perspective and Vision

 Gateway to Chardham, the four holy shrines in Uttarakhand.

 Its significance as „Gangadwar‟ as Haridwar is the first

marked town where Ganga touches the plains,.

 An ancient town of religious importance with an array of

important temples and sacred water bodies, most important

being Brahmkund at „Har-ki-Pauri‟.

 One of the four locations in the country for Kumbh organized

every twelve years attracting millions of people from all

economic classes.

 International destination of religious tourism which is an

industry in itself in the present day economic perspective.

 Emerging destination of eco tourism and adventure tourism.

 Growing centre for Ayurvedic treatment, Yoga and Spiritual

pursuits.

 Economic growth centre driven by development of Integrated

Industrial Estate (IIE) by SIDCUL.

Physical Growth and Environmental Aspects



Vision and Issues Strategies

Goals

Physical urban Old Town

Vision: growth is Area around Har-Ki-Pauri to be

To promote constrained by declared as a “Special Zone”

ecologically Shivalik and should have controlled

sustainable and mountain range development. In the long term,

planned in the North and this zone should have only

development for Northeast and public transport and pedestrian

citizens and the river Ganga in ways which entails provision of

tourists. the South. proper parking areas at suitable

Ribbon nodes.

development Conservation / preservation of

along the main heritage buildings.

corridor of town Remove encroachments from

creating traffic heritage precincts.

congestion.

Vision and Issues Strategies

Goals

Identify and develop norms for

Goals: ecologically fragile areas and

To restore the Mixed land use preparation of natural disaster

historical in old areas. mitigation plan.

character of the Deteriorating Widening of Upper road as well as

old town. environmental development of alternate routes to

To integrate quality in old Har-Ki-Pauri.

development in areas. Strict enforcement of development

the peri urban Encroachment controls to restrict construction

areas. along roads and activities in old town area.

To preserve and on ghats. Revision of byelaws to include

conserve the Slums and appropriate controls and

environmental squatter architectural guidelines for built

and ecologically settlements structures to enhance aesthetics.

sensitive area. along the river Improve old congested areas of

and canal. Jwalapur and Kankhal.

Vision and Issues Strategies

Goals

Acute New town areas

congestion in Urban Growth Directions

Jwalapur due to Promote Growth in areas with good

unauthorized connectivity, availability of land for

growth. expansion and suitable terrain for

Unauthorized development. Future development

construction on should be promoted towards west.

undeveloped Future development on Laksar road

land. should be regulated to preserve the rich

Lack of agricultural fields.

affordable Restrict development on Najibabad

housing. Road. Eco-tourism based activities

Encroachments should be encouraged on Najibabad

on Road.

undeveloped Strict enforcement of development

open spaces. controls to preserve hills, forests and

rivers.

Vision and Issues Strategies

Goals

Necessary measures to make it

mandatory for use of alternative

fuels (i.e. CNG) and improve traffic

management system of the city.

Wider coverage of the city by

sewerage network and house

connections and providing

treatment facilities of the sewage

for its safe disposal.

Proper maintenance of the existing

sewers and water supply pipelines

to ensure minimum leakage.

Vision and Issues Strategies

Goals

Preserve and enhance the green

areas, parks, gardens, river-side

plantation and Islands.

Identified open spaces to be

developed with parking,

community facilities and

landscaping.

Industrialization

Master Plan should include land

use provisions and zoning

regulation for environment friendly

industrial development.

Strict enforcement of zoning

regulations to ensure planned

development particularly in respect

of location of industrial units.

Vision and Issues Strategies

Goals

Environment Provide adequate provisions for parks,

Pollution due to green belts and plantation of trees at

increased the plantation stage for development of

vehicular traffic. an area.

Pollution of the Protection of environmental resources

River Ganga. such as forest, land and water body.

Monitoring of air Plantation of appropriate tree species

and noise on the existing roadsides and

pollution. conducting regular tree census.

Collection, Framing byelaws to incorporate

Transportation and environment protection at city level.

Safe Disposal of City greening by involvement of private

Solid waste sector, NGOs and citizens groups.

Land Slide from The new master plan should address

Mansa Devi Hill. Environmental aspects e.g., river

pollution, prevention of soil erosion from

the surrounding hills and natural

hazards.

Vision and Strategies for Heritage and Tourism

Vision Issues Strategies

To develop Absence of long term Preparation of tourism master

Haridwar as strategy for heritage plan with the objective of

an conservation. developing Haridwar as a

international Encroachments on tourist centre of international

tourism Ghats and around standard.

destination by temples. Create a nodal institution for

tapping the Private ownership of heritage conservation.

potential of heritage structures. Create database of cultural

cultural heritage.

heritage, eco Untapped tourism

tourism, potential. Make provision for the

adventure Lack of initiatives for government to intervene in

tourism in high end tourism. respect of heritage conservation

Haridwar Lack of private sector on private properties.

besides being investment. Encourage private sector.

a major Inadequate tourism Participation for developing

pilgrimage infrastructure tourist infrastructure.

centre. especially sanitation Effective Marketing strategy to

facilities. promote tourism.

Proposed Project for Heritage and Tourism

S.N. Project Description / Remarks Implementin

g Agency

1. Preparation of Consultants and tertiary stakeholders Tourism

Tourism Master felt that a tourism master plan will be Department

Plan crucial in identifying and tapping the

tourist potential

2. Tourist Stakeholders raised the need to have Tourism

Information a single authorized tourist information Department,

Centre centre in Haridwar. They also felt an HDA

including Rain urgent need to have shelters for

Basera (Night beggars.

Halts)

3. Landscaping of Temple complexes-Daksh Mahadev, HDA, Tourism

open areas Mayadevi, Narayanishila, Department

Bhairavnath, Bhimgoda

Proposed by HAD and Tourism

Department

S.N. Project Description / Remarks Implementin

g Agency

4. Beatification of Temple complexes-Daksh HDA

Dhyankunj area and Mahadev, Mayadevi,

Temple Complexes Narayanishila, Bhairavnath,

Bhimgoda

Proposed by HDA and Tourism

Department

5. Entrance Gateways Proposed by Ganga Sabha to HDA

at Chidiyapur, create a mark of the old

Bhagwanpur and religious town of Haridwar

Gurukul Narsan

6. Development of a Proposed by Tourism Tourism

tourist park at Department Department

laljiwala

7. Public toilets for Proposed by Tourism Tourism

tourists at 18 Department and HDA to cater Department /

locations to the high influx of tourists. Haridwar NPP

S.N. Project Description / Remarks Implementin

g Agency

Provision for public toilets not

given separately, however, Rs.

13 Crores are earmarked for

health Department.

8. Installation of Proposed by citizens and Tourism

boards giving INTACH Department

historical

significance at all

the heritage

structures

9. A study of Such a study would lead to a HDA / irrigation

landscape features systematic plantation in the Department

and open areas which is beneficial

recommendations from all the stakeholders

for plantation in

open areas

S.N. Project Description / Remarks Implementin

g Agency

10. Long Term Heritage In the absence of a clear cut GoU, HDA,

Conservation Plan policy by GoU for conservation INTACH and

of Heritage on Public and other

Private Properties, it is difficult institutions in

to propose a project. However, Haridwar

a fund may be created with

private parties and NGOs with

an initial corpos of Rs. 2.5

Crores from JNNURM funds. It

will also include short term

initiatives such as construction

of steps to Mansa Devi etc.

Role of Private Sector in Urban Infrastructure

Provision



 Solid waste management, especially transportation,

disposal and composting

 Maintenance of parks and gardens.

 Infrastructure creation such as off-street parking,

roads and fly-overs, bus stands.

 Provision of basic facilities during the various melas

that are held in the town.

 Street lighting etc.

Road Blocks





 Lack of awareness

 Myopic vision

 Pessimism

 Helpness

 Expenditure in phases

 Lack of civic society participation

Way Ahead





Dream

Believe

Way ahead See Vision

Tell

Plan

Work

 Vision statement to provide soul and direction

 Govt. in facilitation role

 Civic society participation

 Correction in attitude / dynamics of changes

 Understanding of Haridwar Uniqueness

 Create mass want

Formula 4 Success….

If A to Z was given value of 1 to 26

Then,

H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K =

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%



K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E =

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%



L+O+V+E = 12+15+22+5 = 54%

L+U+C+K = 12+21+3+11 = 47%

(None of them makes 100%)…

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Then what makes 100% ?

Is it Money / Leadership…….. No!!!



A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

Don’t you think so ?

Mechanics of Change





R - REJECTION

A - ACRIMONY

M - MELLOWING

A - ACCEPTANCE

 Administrative reforms

 Segregation of Management

• City

• Industrial city

• Heritage city

 Special Exclusive Spiritual Zone (SESZ)

 Haridwar as World heritage city

 Haridwar Development Enclave

 Participation of all stakeholders

 Integration of Resources and knowledge for single unified

aim

 Road map to world class city

 International Museum of Religion

 Are we ready for this



 Can HMA be the instrument of Change?

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